LOS FELIZ, oR THE LIVE-IN NANNY PLAY

By Benjamin Benne

Directed by Cat Rodriguez

Performances

Saturday, march 7 at 5pm–theatresquared

Sunday, march 15 at 5pm–TheatreSquared

About the play

When Irene, a Latina mother and doctor living in an affluent neighborhood in Los Angeles, hires Guatemalan immigrant Emilia to be a live-in nanny, the two women discover the many bonds and barriers between them—but are they more than just employer and employee? Are they friends? Are they colleagues? Are they family?

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT

Benjamin Benne (he/him) is a Page 73 2026 Writer Group member, Playwrights' Center '23-26 Core Writer, and was named part of "LA Vanguardia: The Latino innovators, instigators, and power players breaking through barriers" by the Los Angeles Times. His produced plays include Alma (Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre, American Blues Theater, ArtsWest Playhouse, Curious Theatre Company, Central Square Theater, The Spot, Chance Theater, Passage Theatre Company), In His Hands (Mosaic Theater Company, First Floor Theater), Manning (Portland Stage), and What / Washed Ashore / Astray (Pillsbury House Theatre). Forthcoming productions in 2026 include Manning (Crowded Fire) and at the very bottom of a body of water (Boston Court Pasadena, LA New Play Project Winner). Additionally, his work has been developed by by the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center's National Playwrights Conference, Ojai Playwrights Conference, Great Plains Theatre Festival, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Public, Roundabout Theatre Company, The New Group, Primary Stages, Playwrights Realm, Colorado New Play Festival, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, The Old Globe, Two River Theater, New Harmony Project, SPACE on Ryder Farm, and The Lark, among many others. He has been awarded Ojai Playwrights Conference’s Dr. Kerry English Award, Portland Stage's Clauder Competition Grand Prize, American Blues Theater's Blue Ink Playwriting Award, Arizona Theatre Company's National Latinx Playwriting Award, and KCACTF Latinx Playwriting Award, among others. He has been commissioned by South Coast Repertory and Seattle Repertory Theatre. MFA: David Geffen/Yale School of Drama.